"I think there's no doubt that he used chemical weapons against his own people," said 68-year-old Gene Kulander of Deerwood. "But again we certainly don't want to get anymore boots on the ground in Syria after the debacles we'd had in Iraq and Afghanistan and personally myself when I was in Vietnam. So I think if we can do something with our allies and perhaps some missiles and stuff from the ships that are off shore already I think there has to be something done. The president kind of drew a line in the sand a few months ago." (MPR Photo/Mark Zdechlik) View full gallery"We've got ourselves so deep into everything right now that we're causing all these problems is what I think,” said Vietnam veteran Gene Wheeler of Pine Center. “We need to get out of all of them and just let them be. I mean yeah, we can bomb them but what's that going to prove?" But pressed on the question of should the U.S. do something, Wheeler softened his position. "I had seen some of the film of the kids and stuff lying there dead, dying and suffering. I don't know. It's just such a tough draw -- I think we need to do something. If we can actually find who's doing it, I'd drop a couple of bombs on their head [and] let them know we're fed up with it." (MPR Photo/Mark Zdechlik)"Let them people fight their own battles and do their thing," said 64-year-old John Davis of New Richmond, Wisconsin. "No more bloodshed for the United States. Let them fight it out among themselves." (MPR Photo/Mark Zdechlik) "I think it's an extremely difficult position for the president and for the country to be in," said 65-year-old Mike Becker of Hudson, Wisconsin. "It's almost a case of you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't." Becker said his biggest concern is that U.S. intervention in Syria could fuel terrorism. Becker also said he's worried that dramatic images out of Syria could lead to an emotion-driven reaction from the U.S. at the expense of pursuing careful strategy. (MPR Photo/Mark Zdechlik)